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Maasai – Lion-hunting morans of East Africa

The Maasai are a Nilotic pastoralist people who dominate the savanna grasslands of southern Kenya and northern Tanzania (the Great Rift Valley region). Living in a landscape of acacia-dotted plains, volcanic craters, and seasonal rivers, they measure wealth in cattle and children. Society is strictly age-grade based: boys become il-moran (warriors) after a painful around age 15–18, then spend 10–15 years as the tribe’s protectors before becoming elders.
Red ochre-smeared skin, towering ostrich-feather headdresses, and blood-milk diets are iconic. Their language Maa and monotheistic sky god Enkai are central to identity. Even today, moran still occasionally hunt lions with nothing but spear and shield to prove manhood, but this is heavily restricted.

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